I work at Bristol Meyers Squibb in CAR-T supporting manufacturing who harvest patient T-cells. My colleagues are extremely dedicated and passionate about what they do. Everything we do is all about putting patients first.
A Brazilian man was cured from a final stage cancer with this therapy. Sad thing he died, I think a month later, in a car accident. I guess it was his time.😓
Lisa P1 it’s all because of money!! It’s the most expensive treatment and it’s also the most effective. Doctors have even admitted this to my family when we asked why we couldn’t just do that treatment first. It’s sick.
The last side effect that he mentioned is a really big deal. You are essentially left without a big and important part of your immune system. You would have to take supplements to compensate, but even that doesn't come close to what the real humoral immune system does... It's actually not that targeted of a therapy. All therapies discriminate in some way (a good thing). For example, chemotherapy helps get rid of more rapidly dividing cells (malignant cells), but affects all cells the same way. CAR T cells attack only B cells, but don't discriminate between malignant and normal ones.
Any therapy that starts out with a fire-breathing Greek mythological monster has got to be as cool as it can be. I just love saying chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
@cyborg Car-T cells if goes right could possibly cure you while standard treatment never cures you it just prolong your life until it doesn’t work anymore.
I work at Bristol Meyers Squibb in CAR-T supporting manufacturing who harvest patient T-cells. My colleagues are extremely dedicated and passionate about what they do. Everything we do is all about putting patients first.
This Dr, and his team. Superhero's. Also such a modest man.
Thank you for your excellent presentation and awesome hard work!!!
A Brazilian man was cured from a final stage cancer with this therapy. Sad thing he died, I think a month later, in a car accident. I guess it was his time.😓
is this true?
Wow
super informative, many thanks
When can it be first line treatment instead of last ditch after failed treatments?
Lisa P1 it’s all because of money!! It’s the most expensive treatment and it’s also the most effective. Doctors have even admitted this to my family when we asked why we couldn’t just do that treatment first. It’s sick.
my husband has been fighting for over 12 years. he has finally been “chosen” for car t cell therapy praying this will work
The last side effect that he mentioned is a really big deal. You are essentially left without a big and important part of your immune system. You would have to take supplements to compensate, but even that doesn't come close to what the real humoral immune system does... It's actually not that targeted of a therapy. All therapies discriminate in some way (a good thing). For example, chemotherapy helps get rid of more rapidly dividing cells (malignant cells), but affects all cells the same way. CAR T cells attack only B cells, but don't discriminate between malignant and normal ones.
Any therapy that starts out with a fire-breathing Greek mythological monster has got to be as cool as it can be. I just love saying chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
Why would they force people to go through horrible chemo without having this option first !!!
because they check first if the cheap treatment works.
@cyborg Car-T cells if goes right could possibly cure you while standard treatment never cures you it just prolong your life until it doesn’t work anymore.
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